Title: Digital Conversations & Voicethread Description: Communication is a skill that has always been essential to the education of our students. Digital tools have made it possible to extend classroom conversations in both time and location. We will look at the advantages of encouraging these digital conversations, and explore the use of Voicethread as a tool for this purpose.
Resources Here are links to all of the resources that were discussed in the session.
Ed.Voicethread.com
Go here to setup a new account, and to request the free educator account upgrade. For $60 a year, you can get great tools for generating and managing up to 100 student accounts.
Digitally Speaking Wiki
Created by Bill Ferriter, this resource is INCREDIBLE! Check out the Voicethread section for tips, handouts, and links to really expand your use of this tool.
CompFight Behold.cc MorgueFile
These are all great sources of Creative Commons licensed images that are free to use, in addition to the resources already embedded within Voicethread.
Description: Communication is a skill that has always been essential to the education of our students. Digital tools have made it possible to extend classroom conversations in both time and location. We will look at the advantages of encouraging these digital conversations, and explore the use of Voicethread as a tool for this purpose.
Resources
Here are links to all of the resources that were discussed in the session.
Ed.Voicethread.com
Go here to setup a new account, and to request the free educator account upgrade. For $60 a year, you can get great tools for generating and managing up to 100 student accounts.
Digitally Speaking Wiki
Created by Bill Ferriter, this resource is INCREDIBLE! Check out the Voicethread section for tips, handouts, and links to really expand your use of this tool.
CompFight
Behold.cc
MorgueFile
These are all great sources of Creative Commons licensed images that are free to use, in addition to the resources already embedded within Voicethread.